scsi_target_..._ref_release(9)

💅 scsi_target_..._ref_release(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is a little Kernel API Manual moment — very “kernel internals but make it cute.” 🎀

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🎀 NAME 🎀

scsi_target_reap_ref_release — remove target from visibility

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void scsi_target_reap_ref_release (struct kref *kref );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• kref — the reap_ref in the target being released

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Called on last put of reap_ref, which is the indication that no device under this target is visible anymore, so render the target invisible in sysfs. 👀✨

Note: we have to be in user context here because the target reaps should be done in places where the scsi device visibility is being removed. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c

The whole function friend group, periodt:

• scsi_complete_async_scans(9)
• scsi_unlock_floptical(9)
• scsi_alloc_sdev(9)
• scsi_alloc_target(9)
• scsi_target_reap(9)
• scsi_sanitize_inquiry_string(9)
• scsi_probe_lun(9)
• scsi_add_lun(9)
• scsi_inq_str(9)
• scsi_probe_and_add_lun(9)
• scsi_sequential_lun_scan(9)
• scsi_report_lun_scan(9)
• scsi_add_device(9)
• scsi_scan_target(9)
• scsi_prep_async_scan(9)
• scsi_finish_async_scan(9)
• scsi_scan_host(9)
• scsi_get_pseudo_sdev(9)

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💖 cute sign-off: source/version ./drivers/scsi, date October 2026, page scsi_target_..._ref_release(9) — slay and farewell. 🫶🌸